Reactions: Bob Knight appears on Indiana University campus for first time since 2000

College basketball coaching legend Bob Knight, who won 902 games as a coach at Army, Indiana and Texas Tech and is best remembered as the Hoosiers' head coach from 1971 until he was fired in 2000, made his first public appearance Saturday on IU's Bloomington campus since he left.

In a March 2017 interview on The Dan Patrick Show, Knight said he had no interest in ever returning to IU. When host and Mason native Dan Patrick remarked that most of the school officials in charge when Knight was fired for unacceptable behavior were no longer there, Knight replied, "I hope they’re all dead."

But there were also uncomfortable moments as the former IU basketball coach seemed to forget his wife had already been introduced, said former player Landon Turner had passed away and repeated a story about a game — replacing Damon Bailey for Michael Jordan as the subject of the anecdote.

"It was sad to watch," said Brett Cripe, who purchased a last-minute ticket at the door for "An Evening With Bob Knight." "To see someone who was once so vibrant and with it this way."